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The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win for now.
As the U.S. Congress wrangles over the details of healthcare reform, a key priority is lowering costs. We wonder: How much do American doctors earn compared to doctors in other rich countries?
WASHINGTON The same day the House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation, Rep. Steve Kagen introduced a bill to make permanent a tax credit for paper companies that burn black liquor.
Meeting With Congressman Ackerman “Happy is a relative word,” said U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, when asked if he is happy with the health care bill recently passed in the House of Representatives. Meeting with the Anton Newspapers’ editors last week, the congressman said, “I’m glad the bill passed … but we could have done better.” Congressman Ackerman said that the bill is not his “ideal,” but that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.
WASHINGTON – Late on the evening of Nov. 7, the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act overcame a major hurdle, passing the U.S. House of Representatives as part of larger health care reform legislation. Whether it can do the same in the Senate remains to be seen.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the record deficit. During a Joint Economic Committee hearing, Geithner was pressed to... United States Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy Geithner - United States Congress - Business - Financial services
Fredrick R. Cullis announced plans to run for Congress on the Republican ticket. Cullis announced he will hold a press conference to announce his candidacy for United States Congress at Noon on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 at the Christiana Hilton.
For the past several years, a vast portion of Suffolk County has been fortunate enough to have Tim Bishop as their Representative in the United States Congress. In addition to the tremendous amount of legislation that Congressman Bishop has sponsored — and successfully passed — for local causes on Long Island, our Democratic leader has [...]
A sharp disagreement between Nigerian lawmakers is threatening the presentation of the president's spending plans to parliament. The budget is normally presented in a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives.
The local business community echoes the feeling among the national business sector on the health care reform bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives — fear.
Physicians and medical professionals in Queens are taking a wait-and-see approach regarding the healthcare reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, but cost remains a primary concern, as does reducing malpractice insurance rates.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama handed the U.S. Congress a road map for an overhaul of financial-services regulation in June, including greater oversight of derivatives and system-wide risks, new ways to wind down failed companies and a consumer agency to regulate credit cards and mortgages.
U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith says he's a "glass half-full" kind of guy. But as a $1.1 trillion health care reform plan passed the House of Representatives late Saturday night, he found it difficult to muster much optimism.
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